Fish lure accessory



Feb. 20, 1962 L.. J. GQMBAR FISH LURE AccEssoRY Filed Jan. 21, 1960 n TH Dn K DAD mM mo we m IJ. EM .L

A TTOR NEY 3,621,632 FESH LUKE ACCESSQRY Lesiie J'. Gombar, 12591 Glentield, Detroit 13, Mich.

Filed dan. 21, 1954i, Ser. No. 3,764

2 Claims. (Cl. l1- 10) This invention relates to fishing tackle' and has pa..- ticular reference to a device for attachment to almost any type of iish lure to make the lure more attractive to fish.

An object of the invention is to generally improve fish lures, Whether they be plugs, spoons, spinners, chugging Weights, flies, nymphs, plain hooks, or the like.

Another object ot' the invention is to provide an accessory in the nature of a skirt for a iish lure, which may be economically manufactured, easily attached to the lure and one which greatly improves the inherent characteristics of the lure, because it has wide application, great light and color retiective capacity, and universai action to arouse the curiosity and fighting instincts of the iish.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated, which may be assembled from conventional materials obtainable on the open market.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent as the description proceeds, reference being made from time to time to the accompanying drawing, forming part ofL the Within disclosure, in which drawing:

PEG. 1 is a plan view of a, sheet of material from which a plurality of devices embodying the invention may be formed.

FiG. 2 is a plan view of a modified form of sheet embodying the invention.

FIG. 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3-3 or" FIG. l.

FIG. 4 is a plan vievI of a spoon type of iish lure, to which has been added one of the devices embodying the invention.

FG. 5 is a plan View ofa Fiat fish type of lish lure to which has been added one of the devices embodying the invention.

lu practicing my invention, I secure on the open market, suitable rolls, or sheets, of metalized plastic sheet iilm, Which may be of silver, gold, or other suitable color. The large rolls or sheets are iirst cut into smaller roll or sheet Widths, which roll or sheet widths will ultimately provide the approximate length of a finished product. The material comprising the smaller roll, or

sheet, is again cut into suitable pieces 7 and 8 (FIGS. 1. and 2), each of which provides suhcient material for the main portions of a number of the finished products.

The pieces 7 and S (FIGS. l, 2, and 3), are then provided along the upper front edges with a strip of plastic material 9, which is preferably of a diiierent color and has a layer of adhesive on one surface, part of which adhesive 10 engages the upper edge 11 of the piece 7 or 8, and part of which adhesive contacts a second decorative backing strip 12, made of a plastic coated paper, or vinyl, or the like.

It will be noted in FIGS. 1 and 2, that each piece 7 and 8 is cut, or shredded, into a plurality of narrow ribbons 15, either having straight edges, as shown in FIG. 1, or serrated edges, as shown in FIG. 2. It also Will be noted, that approximately every sixth cut 16,

*lz Patented Feb. ZG, 1962 extends aimost through the adhesive strip 9, and the decorative backing strip l2. This is done so thata plurality of the finished products 17 (FIGS. 4 and 5 may be handled in strip form, for commercial display, or storage purposes. Each finished product 17 comprises the area between tvvo of the cuts lo (FIG. l). The cuts 1 6 can be varied in spacing to provide larger or smaller finished products. When it is desired to use vone of the iinished devices 17 it is rst severed along the line lo. from the others (FIG. l). The backing strip l2 is then removed by grasping the non-adhesive portion 13 and stripping oi the decorative backing strip 12., and by exposing the adhesive 1t) above the piece 7, so that the piece 7 can then be applied to a ish lure body 14 (FlG. 4), or 15 (FIG. 5) in the nature of a skirt for the purposes intended. ln FIG. 4, I illustrate one of the decorative strips '7 applied to a conventional spoon type fish lure 14. In this embodiment, the area 9 has the adhesive llt), on the back, Whichadhesive 1? has previously been uncovered by the removal of the backing strip l2 (FIG. 3). The exposed adhesive portion lll of the strip 9 is then secured to the sh lure in the area indicated by the reference character 9, leaving the shredded portion 17a. free to move in the Water for the intent and purposes hereinabove indicated, n, in FIG. 5, I illustrate one of the skirt-like elements 17 attached to the body of a iiat fish lure l5. In this ernbodiment, thev skirt-like element 17a is attached to the fish lure 315 throughout the area 9 (EEG. 5), by means of the adhesive, as previously described. The skirt-like elements 17 may be attached to any type of a iish lure and will perform in the same manner as hereinabove indicated.

It is believed that the operation of the device is obvious from the foregoing description. l v

` Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An accessory for a fish lure comprising a length of colored, metalized, plastic material, a strip of adhesive References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,161,094 Saunders June 6, 1939 2,171,544 Doty et a1. sept. 5, 1939 2,365,502 Weesner Dec. 19, 1944 v2,613,991 Schindler oct. 14, 1952 2,633,440 s011011 Mar. 31, 1953 2,702,580 Bateman Feb. 22, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,167,861" France Aug. 1s, 1958 

